2 Ahemfo 16
1 Ɛberɛ a ɔhene Peka adi ɔhene wɔ Israel mfeɛ dunson no, na Yotam babarima Ahas nso bɛdii adeɛ wɔ Yuda.
In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham, king of Judah, began to reign.
2 Ahas dii ɔhene no, na wadi mfirinhyia aduonu. Na ɔdii Yerusalem nso so ɔhene mfirinhyia dunsia. Wanyɛ deɛ ɛsɔ Awurade, ne Onyankopɔn ani, sɛdeɛ ne panin Dawid yɛeɛ no.
Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And he did not what was right in the sight of Jehovah his God, like David his father,
3 Mmom, ɔhwɛɛ Israel ahemfo nhwɛsoɔ so, na mpo ɔde ɔno ankasa ne babarima bɔɔ afɔdeɛ wɔ ogya mu. Ɔsuasuaa abosonsom aman no nneɛma a ɛyɛ akyiwadeɛ ma Awurade a ɛno enti ɔpamoo wɔn firii Israelfoɔ anim no.
but walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and even caused his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that Jehovah had dispossessed from before the children of Israel.
4 Ɔbɔɔ afɔdeɛ, hyee nnuhwam wɔ abosomfie, mmepɔ so ne dua frɔmfrɔm biara ase.
And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
5 Afei, Aramhene Resin ne Israelhene Peka tuu sa wɔ Ahas so. Wɔkɔtuaa Yerusalem, nanso wɔanni so nkonim.
Then Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah son of Remaliah, the king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to battle; and they besieged Ahaz, but were unable to conquer him.
6 Saa ɛberɛ no, Edomhene gyee Elat kuro maa Edom. Ɔpamoo Yudafoɔ, na ɔmaa Edomfoɔ no kɔtenaa hɔ, sɛdeɛ ɛte ɛnnɛ yi.
At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drove the Jews from Elath; and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there to this day.
7 Ɔhene Ahas somaa abɔfoɔ kɔɔ Asiriahene Tiglat-Pileser nkyɛn, de nkra kɔmaa no sɛ, “Meyɛ wo ɔsomfoɔ ne wo ba. Bra na bɛgye me firi Aram ne Israel akodɔm a wɔaka me ahyɛ no nsam.”
And Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who have risen up against me.
8 Na Ahas faa dwetɛ ne sikakɔkɔɔ firii Awurade Asɔredan mu hɔ, faa ahemfie hɔ sika de kyɛɛ Asiriahene no.
And Ahaz took the silver and the gold that was found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it [as] a present to the king of Assyria.
9 Enti, Asiriafoɔ no kɔtuaa Aramfoɔ no wɔ wɔn kuropɔn Damasko mu, kyekyeree ɛhɔfoɔ no nnommum, de wɔn kɔ kɔtenaa Kir. Wɔkumm ɔhene Resin.
And the king of Assyria hearkened to him; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried it captive to Kir, and put Rezin to death.
10 Ɔhene Ahas kɔɔ Damasko, kɔhyiaa Asiriahene Tiglat-Pileser. Ɛberɛ a ɔwɔ hɔ no, ɔhunuu afɔrebukyia sononko bi. Enti, ɔde saa afɔrebukyia no sɛso ho mfoni, kɔmaa ɔsɔfoɔ Uria.
And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria; and he saw the altar that was at Damascus, and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the form of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all its workmanship.
11 Uria nam ɔhene no asɛm so yɛɛ saa afɔrebukyia no bi pɛpɛɛpɛ, na ɛberɛ a ɔfiri Damasko baeɛ no, na wɔayɛ awie.
And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus; thus Urijah the priest made [it], against king Ahaz came from Damascus.
12 Ɔhene no firi Damasko baeɛ no, ɔhwɛɛ afɔrebukyia no ho hyiaeɛ, bɔɔ so afɔdeɛ.
And when the king came from Damascus, the king saw the altar; and the king approached to the altar, and offered upon it.
13 Ɔhene no bɔɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ ne atokoɔ afɔdeɛ, hwiee nsã afɔdeɛ guu so, na ɔpetee asomdwoeɛ afɔdeɛ ho mogya guu so.
And he burned his burnt-offering and his oblation, and poured out his drink-offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace-offering upon the altar.
14 Na ɔhene Ahas yii kɔbere mfrafraeɛ afɔrebukyia a na ɛsi ɛkwan no ano ne afɔrebukyia foforɔ yi ntam no, firii Awurade Asɔredan no anim, de kɔsii afɔrebukyia foforɔ no atifi fam.
And the brazen altar which was before Jehovah, he brought forward from the forefront of the house, from between [his] altar and the house of Jehovah, and put it by the side of [his] altar on the north.
15 Ɔka kyerɛɛ ɔsɔfoɔ Uria sɛ, “Bɔ anɔpa afɔdeɛ nyinaa a ɛyɛ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ no, anwummerɛ atokoɔ afɔdeɛ no, ɔhene ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ ne atokoɔ afɔdeɛ ne nnipa no nyinaa afɔdeɛ a wɔn nsa afɔdeɛ ka ho wɔ so. Mogya a ɛfiri ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ no nyinaa mu no, wɔmfa mpete afɔrebukyia foforɔ no so. Me nko ara na mede kɔbere mfrafraeɛ afɔrebukyia dada no bɛdi dwuma.”
And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt-offering, and the evening oblation, and the king's burnt-offering, and his oblation, and the burnt-offering of all the people of the land, and their oblation, and their drink-offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt-offerings, and all the blood of the sacrifices; and the brazen altar shall be for me to inquire [by].
16 Na ɔsɔfoɔ Uria yɛɛ deɛ ɔhene Ahas ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ ɔnyɛ no pɛpɛɛpɛ.
And Urijah the priest did according to all that king Ahaz had commanded.
17 Na afei, ɔhene no tutuu afasuo no nkatanimu nnua ne nsuhina nso firi nsuo teaseɛnam no so. Afei ɔyii Po no firii kɔbere mfrafraeɛ anantwie no akyi de sii aboɔ nsameeɛ no so.
And king Ahaz cut off the panels of the bases, and removed the lavers from off them; and took down the sea from off the brazen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a stone pavement.
18 Na anidie a ɔde ma Asiriahene no enti, ɔyii kyiniiɛ bi a na wɔayɛ wɔ ahemfie no mu a na wɔde di dwuma homeda no ne ɔhene no abɔntenkwan a ɛkɔ Awurade Asɔredan mu no firii hɔ.
And the covered way of the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry outside, he turned from the house of Jehovah on account of the king of Assyria.
19 Ahas ahennie ho nsɛm nkaeɛ no ne dwuma ahodoɔ a ɔdiiɛ no, wɔatwerɛ agu Yuda Ahemfo Abakɔsɛm Nwoma no mu.
And the rest of the acts of Ahaz, what he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
20 Ɛberɛ a Ahas wuiɛ no, wɔsiee no ne mpanimfoɔ nkyɛn wɔ Dawid kuro mu. Na ne babarima Hesekia bɛdii nʼadeɛ sɛ ɔhene.
And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
